Tag Archives: Salmon River
The Seattle Times on Idaho’s Salmon River Sockeye
If you have five minutes, it’s worth reading this story from the Seattle Times about all the efforts made to keep Idaho’s sockeye salmon from going extinct. As you’ll read, each sockeye that returns to the Salmon River and, eventually, … Continue reading
Men’s Journal: Save NW Salmon Now!
I love it when mainstream media covers outdoor subjects and Men’s Journal, which reaches an astronomical number of subscribers, did just that recently, in a piece on dwindling salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. They focused on the Idaho’s Salmon … Continue reading
Hot Weather? Salmon River Fish Move to Tributaries
Concentrate on Tributary Mouths and You’ll Find Fish I used to interview the chief biologist for every major stream in the northern Rockies—each year—and I learned a ton of useful information from many of them. There were things that we … Continue reading
Drink of The Week: Moonshine
Moonshine Madness, Salmon, Idaho style Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I once built a still under my grandparent’s deck. I got a few dribbles of liquid, not much, but enough to have probably caused my frustrations with
Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon River
Big Swings, Moonshine Swigs and Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon I couldn’t take it any longer. The two-hander’s been sitting in the closet and the steelhead have steadily swam upstream in Idaho since last fall. Now they’re just two and a … Continue reading